Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Elinor Freedman, Eli Warsaw, David Marshall, moderator, Iris Latow, and Lawrence Zimmerman constitute the panel for the Education Week assembly. FOREWORD The destiny of our communities and our country will be determined by the education of our youth. Education, therefore, must be a living process organically related to the life of the individual in the society in which he must live. Classical High School has dedicated itself to more than scholarship; it has striven to produce a combination of the qualities that go toward making a well-rounded individual. During Education Week, a panel of four Classical students discussed the subject of education before the student body. They divided their topic into four sections, the Student, the Teacher, the Curriculum, the School and Community, and showed the relationship of each element to the development of a complete and efficient educational system. It is obvious that no educational system can survive without a faculty to teach and a student body to learn. The capabilities of the faculty are greatly responsible for the high standing of the students at Classical. But the students themselves must be willing to learn, and should be aided in this endeavor by a type of curriculum which will meet their needs and wishes. This curriculum must combine intellectual and cultural enrichment with practical and social training. Our honor lists symbolize the first; a majority of our clubs represent the latter. The school, as an instrument of society, must be an integral part of society. Classical does more than its share in attaining this objective, through the work of its drama and music groups, Junior Red Cross activities, and numerous other organizations. The Blue and White staff has adopted the four divisions of the panel discussion as the sub-topics of our general theme, education. We are attempting to show the relation of these phases of education to life and activity in Classical High School.

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BLUE WHITE Fi yearbook published bythe students of CLASSICAL J HIGH SCHOOL I9S| SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS

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In recognition of her many years of devoted service to Classical High School the 1951 Blue and White is gratefully and affectionately dedicated to GERTRUDE M. DAYTON As head of the girls’ physical education department, Mrs. Dayton has been an in- valuable member of the faculty. When Mrs. Dayton left in June to accept an assignment at the Central Office, Mr. Chatto paid her this tribute: ‘‘Mrs. Dayton has rendered to Classical High School over the years a service the value of which cannot be measured. She has not only been a splendid teacher of physical education, but she has exerted an influence for good taste, good grooming, and sound character that will long be felt in the school.”’ at